Charlie Mullins has blasted the prospect of a cashless Britain as he highlighted several major issues with a digitised economy.
The 70-year-old businessman joined thousands of Britons in backing GB News' Don’t Kill Cash campaign.
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Speaking to Ellie Costello and Tom Harwood on Britain’s Newsroom, Mullins said: “I think it is unnecessary to change over.
“A lot of people are not digital savvy and they’re going to suffer.
More than five million adults still rely on cash in the UK and is used in six billion transactions every yearPA“Not just old people, many people like charity workers, homeless people on the street or anybody that you may tip, even in a restaurant.
“They are going to suffer by us not having to put our hands in our pockets.
“And also it’s very uncomfortable, I think, giving out your details to every Tom, Dick and Harry.
“It’s going to cause a lot more fraud, people are not going to be able to budget properly and they’re going to lose control over their money.
Pimlico Plumbers chief executive Charlie Mullins
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“The other thing you’ve got, of course, children are not going to get used to dealing with money and not understand the value of it.”
The Pimlico Plumbers founder added: “I think your campaign is brilliant and undoubtedly I’m in on it.”
GB News' Don’t Kill Cash petition has received more than 170,000 signatures since launching on Monday.
A number of high profile figures, including Mullins, have publicly supported the campaign.
Mick LynchPARMT general secretary Mick Lynch said he is “absolutely” behind the campaign, adding: “We don’t want cash to go out.”
Labour’s Shadow Culture Secretary Lucy Powell also sided with the People’s Channel over its fight to protect cash-reliant Britons.
She said: “We do need to protect cash, I think it's an important issue to highlight. I’m the [Shadow] Digital Secretary as well and we are moving very quickly into this digital age, things are changing very quickly.
“Whether that's becoming cashless and everybody paying for things electronically, or whether that's people wanting more human interaction when it comes to dealing with problems and services and utilities, and public services and so on.
"You don't always want everything to be digital, but there are great opportunities with that for more efficiencies and productivity and better services.”
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